Top story: 80% of firms pay men more, data showsGood morning. The size of the gender pay gap has been laid bare as the government’s midnight deadline revealed that eight out of 10 companies and public-sector bodies pay men more than women. Public-sector organisations had an earlier deadline to report of 30 March and the figures suggested nine in 10 paid men more than women, with an overall gender pay gap of 14%. “I struggle daily with the riddle of how to go on living as the person I have become,” he says in the Guardian today as he writes about his experiences. If you hadn’t heard, Tiger Woods starts his first US Masters for three years later today with his opponents still fearing the “intimidation” factor of the four-time champion.

Source: The Guardian April 05, 2018 05:34 UTC